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19th Century Petitioning
Petition drive organizers in the 1800s and 1900s vigorously exercised their First Amendment right to petition the government. Organizers printed the text of a petition on the top of a page, and then left the bottom blank for signatures. With signatures gathered, the pages were often glued end to end to form one giant document and then sent to Congress.
Rolled petition of residents of the District of Columbia against the enactment of a District Prohibition bill, circa 1939, Records of the U.S. Senate |